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Memories Of Leadgate And Iveston 1938 1943
I came to live at Leadgate when I was 12 years old and attended Leadgate Council School which was a large red brick building for infants and juniors, boys and girls. I was at the school for only 2 years, ...Read more
A memory of Leadgate in 1930 by
Grandparents Shop
My Grandparents, Joseph and Lilian Stokes, had this property built about 1953, they opened a general stores, the only one for miles around, and also ran the local post office in the shop, a few years later. Many many happy ...Read more
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Growing Up
I was born in the former Mechanics Institute in Derwent Street, Blackhill in 1946 where my grandfather was the caretaker. My name was Ann Wall and my grandparents' name was Redshaw. My mother lived with my grandparents in the ...Read more
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Heswall Shore
My nanny and gampi lived on Banks Road in the 1960s. Nanny (Tilly Wilson) used to shell the shrimps in her kitchen. We would pay them a visit on our way down to Heswall shore and the shrimps would be piled high in the middle of the cold ...Read more
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Going To Junior School In Radcliff On Trent In 1960
My dad was in the Canadian Air Force (RCAF) stationed in Langar (born in England though) but my family lived at 16 Douglas Close just outside Radcliffe. I remember walking daily to the ...Read more
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My Time In Little Eaton
I was born in Derby but lived in Little Eaton from 1959 to 1974 when we moved to Morley. My mother is Mrs Ruth Howe, nee Humphries, my father was Mr Ronald Humphries, now sadly passed away in 1965 and he is buried in the ...Read more
A memory of Little Eaton by
Fair Green
I lived in that stange area of Mitcham known as Lonesome, situated between the level crossing at Eastfields and the bottom of Streatham Vale. It was a sort of 'No Man's Land'. My schooling from 1951- 1957 took place first at the wooden ...Read more
A memory of Mitcham in 1958 by
Childhood On Osborne Terrace
In 1949 the houses on Osborne Terrace were just being built, as soon as they were coming available the council were moving people in, our family moved into no 21. I was 4 years old. It was a lovely place then, nice and ...Read more
A memory of Stacksteads in 1950 by
High Street Longton In The 40s And 50s
Barbara Johnson's memories brought back some of my own from the High Street days. Those rows of shops Barbara describes provided all the locals with everything they needed. I remember going over the road from the ...Read more
A memory of Longton in 1940 by
Birtle Street
It would be great to hear from anybody who was around Dalton Street , Worth Street, Danzic Street, or who went to the Rex picture house, played on Barnies, Bobs Hill, went in Jock Stobbers, lads that had ther hair cut at Harry's and ...Read more
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The post office on the left is now a house; the post office has moved across the road into Read the tobacconist's next to the Gedling Wine Stores on the corner of Waverley Avenue – this shop is now Barber's
The hairdresser's (right) with its barber's pole has gone, and so has the Gilbey's Wine sign beyond - that shop is now a modern chemist's.
The hairdresser's (right) with its barber's pole has gone, and so has the Gilbey's Wine sign beyond - that shop is now a modern chemist's.
The lower storey of the Ship Hotel has been opened up to allow greater pedestrian access to the Horsefair, and the Griffin next-door is now a barber's shop.
Villagers grew barley, fruit and vegetables, whilst the village shop supplied everything from treacle to paraffin oil.
Behind the Barley Mow pub in the centre of the picture, the northern and southern branches of the River Wey unite.
The barber's shop with its prominent shaving sign dated back to the 18th century.
Most of the land around Pitsea, Dunton and Langdon Hills had originally been farmland; the crops were mainly barley, oats, wheat, peas, beans, and clover.
In 1865, George Wander, a Swiss chemist, devised a new malted barley nutritional drink called Ovaltine.
In the 14th century there are accounts of crops of oats, wheat, and barley being grown locally, and local livestock included cows and sheep.
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